The Box: An Invitation to Freedom from Anxiety

  • 4h 26m
  • Wendy Tamis Robbins
  • Made for Success
  • 2021

Are you ready to find your way out of your box?

There is a moment when you realize your life is no longer your own. You made it picture perfect. You thought it would make you happy and whole. You thought you could seal the walls tight and feel safe. But the panic doesn't pass, and the anxiety seeps in through every crack. Your pain uses perfection to hide the unraveling. But deep inside, you still hear the whisper of a voice that's always been there, calling to you, promising that you were meant for more.

In The Box, Wendy Tamis Robbins offers a window into the mental illness of an all-star athlete, Ivy League-graduate, and successful attorney. At just six-years-old, Wendy's first panic attack sparked a forty-year struggle with a variety of anxiety disorders: generalized, social and health, eating disorders, phobias, intrusive and suicidal thoughts, and dissociation. Avoiding anything that could trigger her symptoms, she retreats into a box to contain and hide her condition. After years of living in the prison she originally constructed as her safe place, Wendy is no longer willing to limit her life to accommodate her disorders.

Raw and powerful, vulnerable and intimate, The Box is both a triumphant memoir and an irresistible invitation. It portrays a courageous journey to find the source of a debilitating disorder in order to find the power to overcome it. Wendy's experience reminds us of the redemptive power of forgiveness and the healing power of love, not just for others, but for ourselves. It is a story of courage that reframes mental illness sufferers as survivors--a powerful portrait of a woman who refused to remain caged in a box of her making. Now, the invitation is yours ... if you are willing to accept it.

In this Book

  • Hands to Heaven
  • The Tea Set
  • The Scary Thoughts
  • The Pretty One
  • The Trophy
  • What no One Sees
  • The Identity Crisis
  • Bricks and Mortar
  • The Debate
  • The Replacements
  • The Rollercoaster
  • The Lifeline
  • The Medication
  • The Graduate
  • Lost at Sea
  • The Recount
  • The Storm
  • The Light
  • Rock Bottom
  • A Failure Worth Fighting For
  • The Choice
  • The Perfectionist
  • The Snowflake
  • The Prisoners
  • The Decision
  • The Frequent Flyer
  • The Traveler
  • The Therapists
  • The Bags
  • Soul Food
  • The Reluctant Yogi
  • The Meditation
  • The Crucible
  • Finding Fulfillment in Failure
  • Beyond the Break
  • The Gears (Never Say Never)
  • Never Say Never Again
  • The Lifeline Lost
  • The Breadcrumbs
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